Assimilation of high-resolution mode-S wind and temperature observations in a regional NWP model for nowcasting applications

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 918-937

  De Haan, Siebren ^a   Stoffelen, AD ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aircraft observations; Nowcasting; Numerical weather prediction forecasting

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT OBSERVATIONS; AMSTERDAM; ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; NETHERLANDS; NOWCASTING; NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTING; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; NWP MODEL; OPERATIONAL FORECASTS; RADAR TRACK; RANGING RADAR; SCHIPHOL AIRPORTS; SPACE AND TIME; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; WIND FIELD;

AIRCRAFT; RADAR TRACKING; SURVEILLANCE RADAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TRACKING RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING;

FLOW VISUALIZATION;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIRBORNE SURVEY; DATA ASSIMILATION; NOWCASTING; RADAR; WEATHER FORECASTING; WIND FIELD;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84868334483     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: 15200434     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-11-00088.1     Document Type: Article

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